Smith & Watson English Georgian Burl Walnut Executive Library Pedestal Desk 96"

Description

A custom order Monumental Late 20th Century Smith and Watson Burl Walnut Executive Pedestal Desk from the Executive Collection, Ref: F-011 Copied from a fine Georgian original. Matched panels of Burl Walnut, Herringbone inlay and crossbanding. Fitted with English locks and brassware, pull-out slides and file drawer. Finish: antiqued and distressed for an authentic look of age. Features nine dovetailed drawers along the front and blind bookcase cabinets along the front. A stately desk that will make a fine addition to any space.

Over the past century, Smith & Watson has produced premium and traditional pieces that have dazzled the world of fine furniture. Known to most as a “London Furniture Shop in New York”, a collection of over 1000 designs are custom made to order by the most skilled craftspeople available.

For more than 100 years, Smith & Watson has been celebrated as one of the only firms that has endlessly catered “to the trade” with unparalleled quality and supreme attention to detail. Taking inspiration from the genius of Chippendale, Sheraton, Hepplewhite, and others associated with the "golden age of furniture," they have carried the excellence of the eighteenth century successfully into the twenty-first.

Smith & Watson was founded in 1907 by Richard Smith and Alexander Watson and was quaintly referred to as "a London furniture shop in New York." In the early 1940s the company was purchased by the late John Ryan whose sons, John P. and Robert, would later follow him into the business. By this time the firm had moved to larger quarters and was catering to the “carriage trade”, wealthy New York families such as the Rockefellers, the Astors, the Carnegies, and the Mellons. By the late fifties Smith & Watson had been “discovered” by the interior design and architectural trade. Later also catering to the corporate business, political, and artistic elite.

Condition

Good Vintage Condition; general age and use related wear. Scratching marking, rings and some finish loss

Dimensions

42 x 96 x 30